Metbassta (Tunisia) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Metbassta

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	breeding (-)	30–60 birds	A1, A4i

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2001. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2009	not assessed	not assessed	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Metbassta hunting reserve	Reserve (-)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	major (>10)	Freshwater lakes and pools

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Metbassta (Tunisia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/metbassta-iba-tunisia on 23/12/2024.